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For a sporting community that has always exuberantly lapped up the two opposing poles of human emotion, this was a weekend that had it all. There was controversy, calamity, heartbreak, triumph and skill beyond imagining. They might exist as polar opposites, iterations of motorsport from two different planets, but this weekend the Monaco Grand Prix … Continue reading Heroics and heartbreak in a seminal weekend for motorsport

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All too often motorsport journalism falls between two poles. On the one hand the jingoistic rantings of those with an almost comedic disinterest in the sport, and on the other the over-detailed, exhaustive droanings of the specialist press. TV coverage especially is veering away from reasoned analysis in the relentless pursuit of casual viewers. When motorsport demands significant investments of time and money from its fans, exhaustive hours subjected to watching Simon Lazenby trying to summon a modicum of enthusiasm can be grating.

Point-Blank is a space that endeavours to provide high quality insight and analysis about many of the ongoing debates within motorsport. Driver heroics, motorsport technology, sporting politics and landmark races – read about them all in my regular batch of opinion and analysis pieces.